little breakthroughs all around.

yesterday at a family dinner, i decided to eat mindfully ahead of time and i'm so glad that i stuck to this. i had one reasonable portion of the dinner, one small strawberry shortcake and one small piece of berry coffee cake. i should have skipped that altogether. BUT, a huge plate of it was sitting next to me all night and i didn't eat any more. big deal.

today, mark and i went to olive garden. walking in the door, i was trying to form a bread stick strategy. how many should i eat? i told myself i could have one, no more than two. then the waiter brought out the salad and bread and i instead thought i would just wait for mark to have one before i had one. he never did, so i didn't either. then before i knew it, i didn't even care about the bread. i was talking to mark and people watching and not so focused on wolfing down all edibles within arms' reach. and i had less than half of my entree and i was full. in the car afterward, i had one andes mint. there were 3 of them, and i just had one.

i think that i am getting better about eating purposefully. i'm getting better about thinking about what i eat before i eat it and not just eating for something to do.